Ever drive over your smartphone with your skidsteer.. wouldnt be a problem with..

[Scooby074]

This phone from Cat.

I know there are lots of guys out there with smashed or water damaged iPhones and other smartphones. A friend of mine that owns a tow company goes through 3 or 4 smartphones a year due to damage or loss. The waterproofed-ness of this thing appeals to me. Wonder how it performs in other metrics besides toughness??

 

[94BULLITT]

Looks like a tough phone. I would hate to think what it costs. Is it actually a Cat phone or does someone make it for Cat?

 

[salopez]

Ran over mine with a 4 yard payloader ....this phone would be dead too....

 

[AaronS]

I would hate to think what it costs. Is it actually a Cat phone or does someone make it for Cat?

Not as much as I expected. Cheaper than an iPhone! And Cat just puts their name on it.
CAT B10 | MobiCity USA and Global

 

[AaronS]

Video comparing the Cat phone to other rugged smart phones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCxB6m26Jgc

 

[Coyote machine]

They need to make smarter operators!

 

[94BULLITT]

Not as much as I expected. Cheaper than an iPhone! And Cat just puts their name on it.
CAT B10 | MobiCity USA and Global

The price isn't that bad. It is only 3G. The specs don't look that good on it.

 

[Gary Fowler]

While that looks impressive with the tracked equipment rolling over it, it really took more pressure from the operator stepping on them than from those tracks. I have seen dozers track across wet areas and barely leave a track that I would bog above my ankles trying to walk in the same tracks, so while it looks impressive, the total PSI ground pressure is very little especially in the way they had them laid out in a frame. I am sure a $40 Otterbox would have done the same thing.

 

[cqaigy2]

Ran over my blackberry probably 15-20 times. Only thing sticking out was the very tip of the antenna sticking out of the mud. By some miracle, i saw it. The mud was so packed into the speaker, you couldn't hear anything until i washed it out with hot water let it dried. It had mud in all the crevices, screw holes any where there was a slight indentation.

 

[brain55]

While that looks impressive with the tracked equipment rolling over it, it really took more pressure from the operator stepping on them than from those tracks. I have seen dozers track across wet areas and barely leave a track that I would bog above my ankles trying to walk in the same tracks, so while it looks impressive, the total PSI ground pressure is very little especially in the way they had them laid out in a frame. I am sure a $40 Otterbox would have done the same thing.

Agreed. I go through phones, the $9/mo protection plan from Best Buy takes care of me. I usually damage 1-2 phones a year. I drove over one with sub-compact Ditch Witch track loader, dropped a 5' long piece of 4" channel on another, and various other screen ending mishaps. My wife keeps telling me to get an Otterbox but I don't like the bulk.

Brian